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ArticlePerspectives in public health2025

We need better evidence for social prescribing: call for action for better systems for collaboration and building evidence.

N Howlett, K Brown, I Freethy, S W Mercer, G Özakıncı

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Article in Perspectives in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

N HowlettPublic Health and Applied Behaviour Change (PHAB) Lab, Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6502-9969
K BrownPublic Health and Applied Behaviour Change (PHAB) Lab, Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
I FreethyPublic Health and Applied Behaviour Change (PHAB) Lab, Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
S W MercerAdvanced Care Research Centre, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
G ÖzakıncıDivision of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5869-3274

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This opinion piece details the challenges associated with defining and evaluating social prescribing. It explores the types of data and considerations needed to produce a more robust evidence base in this area, concluding with a call to action for better collaboration and evidence building from a range of stakeholders.

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Cooperative BehaviorEvidence-Based PracticeHumansSocial Prescribing

Identifiers

PMID40616314
PMCPMC12228888

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